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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s increasingly more and more specialization younger in all sports.  It’s universally lamentable but there’s tons of examples of people that specialized early and had it pay off (e.g., Tiger Woods).

I think you have to consider the age of your kid, the specific sport (gymnastics athletes peak early, long distance runners peak late), your kid’s goals and your willingness.

We let DD join a year round team (select not travel) in 4th grade after she expressed interest in more advanced play.  My now 3rd grade son still loves doing 2-3 different rec activities a season so we just do that.

I assume both will do a high school sport and neither will do college.  DD will be able to do her team sport.  She is not on a college track team, but she’ll be fine for high school.  DS loves running and is very good at it, so he’ll be fine for cross country in high school on his current path - heavy mileage isn’t recommended for little kids anyway.

[b]If your kid really loves a single thing, is really talented and is willing to drop other things to do it, by all means specialize. [/b] If that’s not all true, just ignore the Joneses and focus on fitness and fun.[/quote]

This strategy ends up being counterproductive for the majority of kids.[/quote]

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